Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Camelot Where You Are #27, JB

JB took this picture in Shaker Village, New Hampshire. I'm not sure how he got there, but he's a worldly guy. He and Ms. JB live part of the year in Mainz, Germany and part of the year in New Zealand, and the rest of the time they're away.

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The Camelot Where You Are photo contest returns! We have a guest author tomorrow (yay!), then more entries Thursday and Friday.

The rate of entries has slowed but the contest is still open, so if you'd like to enter I'd love it if you did. Please read the rules here then send in your photo.

I still don't have a publication date for Camelot & Vine. I appreciate you all being so patient with me. I step on the rug and it moves,

but it doesn't get pulled out from under me, so I keep on stepping. To quote Kat Ward, owner of Hometown Pasadena and author of Amy's Own:

"Publishing is like construction; it always takes longer than you think (and can cost more, too). Hang in there!"

Darn it! Another book for my list. The Amazonians love it when I order books from the US; the postage costs ten times what the book does.I've gotta have this one, though … if only to tide me over until C&V comes out.

In an email about this post, JB said (and I repost with permission), "Made me think - my Dad's name was Arthur and his brother Frank's wife used to write to us weekly in New Zealand, talking about this and that, but mostly extolling the weather.Dad - having grown up in the same North Yorkshire village as they had (and where they still lived) - used to say "You'd think they were living in Camelot…."

JB posted this lovely slide show of Canterbury Shaker Village on his blog: http://bit.ly/SXiEDQ